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Souku's Project 365 with Pokémon

- What is Project 365? It is a project where you take a photo every day
for 365 days (one whole year). It can be of anything and about anything.
Since I don't have a nice camera (and also because my photography skills
are woeful), I'm doing drawings instead. This is the first year I've decided
to do this so I chose to follow a theme, which is Pokémon.

Whenever I have time I'll be drawing or sketching a pokémon a day and
documenting my progress here. It is quite possible that I may continue this
until all 646 known pokémon have been drawn.

Technically there are 366 days in 2012, so there'll be an extra day/picture
this year.

WOOOOO LAST DAY. I'm currently at a friend's place
so will be keeping this short. We finish 2012 with the
portrait of Meowth. Since I'm not at home, I drew this
on my friend's computer, which was quite a challenge
because there are huge differences between CS3 and
CS5 (which is the one I use). I couldn't create the same
brushes I use at home, unfortunately.

That said, to all the posters and the lurkers, thank you
all so much for following this project of mine! This year
has been full of ups and downs, but it has been fun too.
I will be continuing the 365 Project next year (there is
still half the dex to go, after all!) so I hope to see you
guys join me then!

This is absolutely fantastic! At the moment, my favorite is probably Mandibuzz (odd, considering that is far from my favorite of these Pokemon), followed by Manectric. And of course, who couldn't love Bulbasaur and Clefairy?

I'm also really fond of how you drew Garchomp in a sort of far away in the distance sort of thing. Like you are a traveller hiking through the desert in a sandstorm, and through the wind and dust, you see the silhoette of the most powerful and dangerous predator of the sea of sands jumping out of a sand-dune. Logically, you know that if he were hunting you, you'd be dead, but the sight still fills you with a mixture of awe and dread, and you feel a bead of sweat rolling down the back of your neck that has nothing to do with the desert heat.

Fantastic artwork my good sir, I look foreward to seeing the rest of your creations (Particularly Blastoise and Mewtwo, which are my favorite).

Your works are absolutely lovely and fantastic. I love to give constructive critique out to people, but after seeing your art, I am really impressed. I didn't find any mistakes in those, they are beautiful.

I totally love your kind of realistic take on drawing them, and what adds even more, you drew those in my favourite digital painting style, the style which gives a "painterly" feel to the works. Cresselia, Chatot and Garchomp are my favourites out of your artworks. And I must say, the Garchomp artwork has such an amazing atmosphere to it, something I cannot even describe.

Keep up the amazing work!

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Thank you so much for your comments, guys! I really appreciate it. I'm really glad you guys like the Garchomp - I wanted to work on atmosphere for that pokémon (I had the sandstorm idea pretty much as soon as I read its name on the randomised list) and I'm pleased that it was felt.

I'm really looking forward to seeing just how far I go with these drawings and where they'll take me by the end of the year. I've added today's pokémon, Magby, to the first post too. Hope you like it!

|D! I've never really drawn/coloured plants before so I totally need the practice. One day I will figure out draw flowers (especially roses) properly. One day! In the meantime, I'm glad you like my interpretation of Roselia! She was really fun to draw.

Day 17 is an eelektrik, which is something I can never spell properly.

Wow... These things are utterly amazing! I really like how you have given each of them a more realistic rendering, and still keep each of them recognizable. I also like the differentiation, like how the Clefairy in the beginning is very minimalistic in terms of color, but the Roselia toward the end is very detailed and vibrant, and I like both styles.

Nice work, pal =D

EDIT: And oh, yeah, I'll definitely be checking back on later dates to see what you do.

Wow, thank you so much, guys! I can say I didn't expect so many comments! I'm really glad that you are enjoying the project so far and am pleased that a few (most? all? :b) of you will be checking back some time. Thank you so much for the support!

I'm not particularly a fan of the style that aims to make Pokemon look "realistic." For example, the ears on your Loudred are the only things providing any clear resemblance to what we know to be the Pokemon Loudred. This isn't a criticism, however; styles are up to preference. And all that said, you are clearly an astonishingly talented artist, exceptional at what you're doing.

I really only posted to voice my admiration for your Miltank (charming) and your Mandibuzz (enchanting - especially the beautiful detail and form in the wings).

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Considering who and what Deoxys is, a force for destruction and an alien mutation, I am personally of the opinion that this picture doesn't really suit him. Far too elegant and beautiful, especially for the attack forme. The ambiance suits a Pokemon like Gardevior quite a bit better.

That being said, it is still a fantastically drawn piece, and once again you show off your increadible talents. Excellent job from that standpoint.

Getting my pic in early today. It's Shelgon! The first thing that I imagined was a shelgon
in a field of flowers, looking at a blue flower. When drawing it, I forgot about the flowers
around the time when I did the eyes, so I made the pokémon look up instead of down. It
was only when I was doing the background that I remembered the flowers, but by then I
couldn't be bothered changing the eyes and adding the flowers in.

Daww... I really like how you gave it more of a face than the official arts...
I also like the shell's texture, and I don't think the eyes are too much of a problem, as the flowers and stuff might just take away from the rest. :/

Thank you so much for the comments, all of you! I very much enjoy reading them and seeing whether or not you like my interpretation of each of the pokémon and I appreciate your taking the time to give me your thoughts.